Bottle-packing for shipping-cases.



L. H. UCKER. BOTTLE PACKING FOR SHIPPING CASES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23.1912.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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LOUIS H. OCKER, OF ST. LOUIS, IIISESOURI, ASSIGNR TO SCHOENTIIALER MANUFAC- TURING'r COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

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Application filed September 23, 19153.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs I-I. Genen, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Facking for Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n bottle packing for shipping cases and has for its object a plurality of transversed parts provided with suitable perforations of a size sufficient to prevent the .insertion of the bottles so that said bottles are properly spaced and held in rigid position in the case.

A further object is to construct a bottle packing in the form of a transversed partition suitably perforated to conform with the width of the bottle base and neck, the said partitions being constructed of veneer either of single or multiple ply and may be backed with paper or cloth as found most desirable and a means by which the partitions are supported and prevented from warping and sagging while in position within the case.

The invention as disclosed is an improve* ment over the patents to Simeon Gf. Curtis No. l110,496 dated September 3, 1889, and Robert A. Badger, No. 903,827, dated Noveinber 17, 1908, and has utility and merit which is not disclosed in either of the aforesaid patents.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the partition which constitutes a part of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a shipping case showing the partitions in position and the manner in which the bottles are supported. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the supporting strip and the partition in position. Figs. i and 5 are perspective views of modified forms of supporting strips. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the partition showing a cleat which may be attached to the partition for supporting the same and preventing it from warping.

Referring to the drawing in detail 7 indicates a shipping case consisting of side members 8, a bottom 9 and a lid or cover 10. In this shipping case is placed my improved perforated partitions 11 and 12; these partitions are supported in supporting strips 13 which are of a length corresponding with the interior of the case and are provided Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 8, 1914.

serial No. 721,837.

with elongated grooves 111 in which the partition is inserted and held in rigid position; by this arrangement the partition is held rigid and the same is prevented from warping or sagging. The partition is made of a vencer either of single or multiple ply and in some instances I may apply either on one or both sides of the veneer a sheet of paper or cloth as indicated by the numeral 15 in Fig. 3.

The supporting strips 13 are of such height as to bring the partitions in proper relation with the bottles so that the small openings 16 register with the neck of the bottle as shown in Fig. 2 yet the opening is of suflieient diameter to permit the partition to be freely inserted over the head of the bottles. Vhen placed in position as shown in Fig. 2, the bottles are rigidly supported in position and prevented from shaking while handling the case, at the same time properly spacing each bottle from the other preventing contact. By use of a veneer instead of a card board as has been heretofore used the warping or sagging of the partition is dispensed with and the use of i'langes bent of the same material of which the partition is formed is eliminated; in this manner material is saved as well as labor.

In some instances I may use supporting strips constructed of metal such as shown in Figs. 4L and 5, these strips assuming the same position in the case as the supporting strips 13; in some instances I may also provide each partition with a cleat 17 such as that shown in Fig. 6, this cleat being of a metallic structure and riveted to the partition, the said cleat may be of the entire length of the partition as shown or may be only part of the length.

',lhe essential feature of .my invention is a perforated partition constructed of a veneer held in supporting strips located in the sides of the shipping case, so as to hold the same rigid and dispense with sagging and warping.

I-Iaving fully described my invention what I claim is:

A bottle packing for shipping cases comprising in combination with a shipping case two partitions of vencer, each having openings to correspond with the shape of the bottle base and bottle neck, and grooved strips by which the edges of the veneer partitions are supported, and strips having their one edge arranged to Contact with the botname to this specification, in pieeence of tom and @over of the shipping ease the two subsorlbing Witnesses. inner movement of the veneer partitions being limited on account of contacting with LOUS H' GCKER' the flamed portion of the bottle necks, sub- 1Witirlesses: stantially as specified. ALFRED A. EIGKS,

In testimony whereof, have signed my WALTER C. STEIN.

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